Immigrant drivers of trucks and other commercial vehicles in California sued the state on Tuesday for canceling about 20,000 licenses, saying officials bowed to pressure from the Trump administration and violated state laws allowing renewal of the licenses.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal held Friday that a trial judge did not err in sanctioning a party with dismissal for refusing to provide a statement revealing “the amount of…fees and costs incurred to date” as part of a statutorily-mandated early evaluation process in cases involving construction-related accessibility claims, rejecting the party’s assertion that the disclosure is shielded by the attorney-client privilege.

(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed six new Superior Court judges on Tuesday, filling vacancies in Tulare, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties with a mix of prosecutors, public defenders, private practitioners, and appellate attorneys.

(Subscription required) Orange County Superior Court's ambitious pilot program to streamline civil discovery is only a few months old, but its impact has already been dramatic: a 97% resolution rate, more than 100 informal discovery conferences handled weekly by one judge, and early signs that long-standing delays in civil calendars are shrinking.